José and Karina Alonso have been serving in Colombia since 1998. They have been involved in church planting, crisis pregnancy ministries and now theological education. They started Logos Bible Institute in the capital city of Bogotá in October 2011 to train pastors, missionaries, preachers and lay leaders. They are currently planting new churches in Bogotá and surrounding towns. Church Planting and Theological Education José has been a missionary, pastor and church planter since he was 19 years old. With his wife Karina, they have been part of several church planting teams. José graduated from Moody Bible Institute and obtained a Masters in Bible from Baptist Bible College and a Masters in Divinity from Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. Their sending church is First Baptist Church of Hackensack, NJ and they currently live with their two daughters Daniela (12) and Camila (9) in the town of Chía, next to the capital city of Colombia, Bogotá. Their vision is to be able to train 200 active Christian Colombian workers by the year 2020.